Just when we thought DDoS extortion was fading into the rearview mirror, it's time to circle up the trucks again (gas tanks full). Starting last week and rapidly accelerating, we began seeing in our data and hearing firsthand from organizations about a new wave of extortion activity -- new Bitcoin demands; new threat actor names; and new attacker tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs).   \r\n Perhaps the rapid resurgence in DDoS extortion attacks was spurred on and inspired by the massive Colonial Pipeline payout? It's possible.  \r\n Whatever the attackers' motivations, we've seen a flurry of malicious activity with new customers needing emergency integration of DDoS defenses in numbers not seen since the campaign heated up last August.…